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Clinical Trial
. 1985;76(3-4):90-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF01418466.

Infections in neurosurgery: a randomized comparison between silk and polyglycolic acid

G C Blomstedt
Clinical Trial

Infections in neurosurgery: a randomized comparison between silk and polyglycolic acid

G C Blomstedt. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1985.

Abstract

Silk or polyglycolic acid (PGA) was chosen at random for 1,011 patients operated on in the department during a 19 month period in 1981. There was no difference in the incidence of serious infections between the two groups. A significantly higher incidence of suture fistulas in the silk group indicates the use of PGA for buried sutures.

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